Home Maintenance and Repair Tips and Checklists
8 Tips for Painting Your Home’s Interior
Painting your home’s interior isn’t as simple as hitting up the local hardware store and grabbing a few cans of your favorite hue. The truth is painting is much more nuanced than that. It impacts your home’s overall aesthetic and…
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5 Driveway Resurfacing Options and Ideas
Boring old concrete isn’t the only option when you’re resurfacing your driveway. From gravel and brick to asphalt and pavers, homeowners these days are choosing all types of stone, materials, and styles when creating their dream drives — and the…
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The Ultimate Printable Family Chore Lists
It’s hard running a household. There are multiple bedrooms, bathrooms, and living areas to clean — not to mention all the appliances, systems, and safety features you have to keep up with. Throw in the family and pets you’re taking…
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DIY Plumbing: Fixing a Clogged Drain
When it comes to being handy around the house, there are two areas where many of us tend to shy away — electrical work and plumbing. While anyone who’s ever received an electric shock understands the risks of doing that…
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6 Signs You Need a New Roof
In caring for our homes, we try to keep our eyes on every nook and cranny — but we often forget to look up. Maybe that’s because the roof, even for the experienced homeowner, can be a source of some…
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5 Household Cleaning Products That Are a Total Waste of Money
If you’re looking to save up for a house or just cut back on spending, then reducing your expenditures is key. A great place to start? That’d be your cleaning products. Household cleaning products can really add up fast —…
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8 Clever Ways to Add Storage — Even in Small Spaces
There’s nothing worse than having too little storage space. Not only does it mean messy, cramped, and cluttered living quarters, but it also may force you to purge some items you weren’t quite ready to part with. Fortunately, storage space…
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How to Clean Your Gutters and Why It’s So Important
Routing water away from your home is incredibly important. Gutters play a critical role in managing water and keeping it from ruining roofing, the exterior of your home, and ultimately flooding your basement. Clogged gutters in winter can actually detach…
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Get an Early Start with These 6 Spring Maintenance Tasks
Spring can be hard to imagine, even in March. Whether you’re looking at a foot or more of snow on the ground, or mountains of it in melting in the parking lots of your local shopping center, spring really is…
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Age-Appropriate Chores for Your Kids
Chores are a great way to teach your children responsibility, as well as get a little extra help around the house. Plus, they make kids feel like a valued, important member of the family — and that can go a…
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